Tabitha Borges 11 Feb 2005

I love taking photo too! But if I enhance my photos I usually put them in Digital Painting. But that just me. What you see is what you get. have a great day...

Volunteer of America 11 Feb 2005

RQ-I would guess that almost every photo you see online has been manipulated to a lesser or greater degree...if for no other reason, than to make the image appear "correct" (at least on the "home monitor"). Individual scanner and monitor settings will vary, and compressional artifacts will occur upon uploading.

joan warburton 11 Feb 2005

I think this is such an important point. Like you said, RQ, the outcome is not the issue. Whatever the means, it's the final result that counts.

However, I can only apply this to myself, I would love to be able to see and compare effects. For instance, Thea has a photo of some beautiful roses up today. She stated that she worked on the background to bring the flowers forward. The result was fantastic. Most digital cameras have a "portrait" setting which is supposed to achieve the same result. It would be helpful to be able to compare what comes directly out of the camera and what is worked up in Photo Shop. It's a learning experience.

The artists that paint and draw always include what medium they've used and what paper, fabric or canvas they've started with. It would be so helpful if the photographers would do the same.

Judy Olson 11 Feb 2005

Hi RQ, I, too like to know when an image has been manipulated. My "photographs" are images either straight out of my digital camera, or images that have been optimized in Photoshop. Optimizing is a term being used by digital photographers, or film photographers who use scanned images to mean getting the best quality out of your original image. Things you would do in a darkroom.

If I replace a yucky background with a prettier one, that's not a photograph to me :-), that's digital wizardry. I have manipulated photos in a separate sub-gallery here on AW. When I do exhibiting and art shows, I am calling anything manipulated "digital photographic art".

RQ Trietsch 11 Feb 2005

I for one, like most, try to make my photos posted look like my photos I scanned.

I love manipuliting some but those are really abstracts to me.

Guess what I'm really curious about, omitting backgrounds,...is that really the color of the sky, the water the flower etc.

Still breaks down to the finished product, but I'm just curious if I'm lacking that much or are "they" really that good.

And boy do I love those digitals...you can't get any better than that! One of these days I'll have a good one.

Volunteer of America 11 Feb 2005

RQ-Why don't you ask them something tough--like what f/stop or shutter speed they shot at (most won't know)....that will separate the "full-auto, point & shoot" types from people who know how to operate a camera, and compute an EV...

joan warburton 11 Feb 2005

Mark, I'll be the first to admit I'm working automatic and semiautomatic, right now. I'm not familiar enough with the camera yet and I'm a novice photographer.

If it's the final product that counts, I think I'm getting some good photos and not just snapshots. In any case, more information will help me thru the process.

I know what shutter speeds to use for most shots when I'm off automatic. F-stops, well couldn't tell ya right now. That's part of my homework assignment when I go fully manual, LOL.

Les Jobes 16 Feb 2005

Hi RQ, I love taking photographs and either use a 35mm Canon camera, no filters. These pic's I have to scan in using my HP PSC 2350 series all-in-one(printer/scanner), but again no enhancement. Or I use my Olympus D-395 Digital camera. And I never enhance my photo's, only put a frame around them lately in PhotoShop.. which I just learned how to do.

There was one photo that I was asked to take the telephone poles out of the shot because a viewer found it to be destracting, so I accomodated and used PhotoShop to take them out.. that's my photo titled "Heading Home". I explained that in my write up. But that's the only one.

I agree with you though, and I have started to try and remember to give more of a write up regarding photographs. That is an excellent point. :o)

rustin gooden 16 Feb 2005

I put a little info about all of my photos. Some digital cameras seem to have a flatness to them when it comes to color. I have a Fuji that really has some pop to it. My other camera is a Canon and I seem to miss the color I was used to. The canon has so much more creative control that I can not go back and be happy. I have been playing around with PS and will post some pics in the next couple of days. In my opinion, film still rules with color reproduction

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